TDN Q & A WITH HENRY BEEBY P13 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here MOONLIGHT CLOUD’S FORET AIM ‘LARNED’ TO HOMECOMING CLASSIC George Strawbridge=s J “TDN Rising Star” J GI Breeders= Cup Classic hero Fort Larned (E Dubai) Moonlight Cloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who set will make his next start in Churchill Downs= inaugural new track records in Deauville=s Aug. 4 G1 Prix Maurice running of the $175,000 Homecoming Classic de Gheest and Aug. 11 G1 Prix Jacques le Marois, Sept. 28, according to remains on course for Longchamp=s G1 Prix de la Foret, trainer Ian Wilkes. The decision came after the according to trainer Freddy Head. Additional plans for horse--under jockey Brian the homebred 5-year-old, which may include the Hernandez, Jr.-- worked Breeders= Cup and Hong Kong International meets, will five panels in :59.80 be finalized after the Oct. 6 seven-furlong contest. (2/29) with splits of AMoonlight Cloud is very well and I=m very happy,@ the :12.40, :24.60, :36.60 trainer said. AShe looks beautiful and all is well. She had and a six-furlong gallop Fort Larned Reed Palmer a little break after her two races in Deauville and is back out in 1:12.40 Tuesday. in full work now. The plan is to run in the Prix de la In his seasonal debut, the Whitman homebred dropped Foret on Arc day. After she has run there we will see Hernandez in the GII Gulfstream Park H. Mar. 9 before with [owner] George Strawbridge where we go. There=s finishing a flat fifth in the GII Oaklawn H. Apr. 13. He the Breeders= Cup, she could go there, and there=s Hong romped in the GI Stephen Foster H. at Churchill Downs Kong as well, but nothing is definite yet.@ June 15 and weakened to fifth in the GI Whitney H. Aug. 3. The bay was aimed for a start in the GI AL KAZEEM GIVEN ARC GO-AHEAD Woodward S., but skipped the contest with a muscle strain. He was then pointed for this Saturday=s 1 1/4- Conditioner Roger Charlton has confirmed, via mile GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, but Twitter, that John Deer=s Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi after the work his connections opted to keep him in {Ire}), a three-time Group 1 winner this term, is an Kentucky. AOur goal is to try and win the Breeders= Cup intended runner in the Oct. 6 G1 Prix de l=Arc de Classic again,@ Wilkes said. AWe want to do what we Triomphe at Longchamp. AExciting and great news, Al feel is right for the horse. We=ll keep him here and run Kazeem is being aimed at the Qatar Prix de l=Arc de him a mile-and-an-eighth. He=s on his track with a Triomphe and he one-race ship. It just fit into our plans to run him here. will be ridden by Brian said he felt great and didn=t feel any different. He James Doyle,@ the came off the track with authority. He walked off the trainer tweeted. track like he owned the place. That=s what I liked about The homebred it--he=s got that air of confidence about him.@ 5-year-old enjoyed a fruitful early campaign with victories in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, G1 Prince of Al Kazeem Racing Post Photo Wales=s S. and G1 Eclipse S., and has lately run third in the Aug. 21 G1 Juddmonte International at York, and second in the Sept. 7 G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown. AAscot [G1 Champion S.] came into it, but I suppose the main thing was the ground at Longchamp,@ continued Charlton. AIt seems it will be good to soft. That is obviously very important for him.@ Deer added, AHe has come out of Leopardstown fine and there are no problems at all. The gallops he works on have been good to soft, so he=s been able to work at home without any hold-ups. The only question is, AHas he had too much racing?@. We don't think so, especially as the ground will suit him.@ In This Issue In Sharper Focus 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 (732) 747-8060 (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Barry Weisbord, co-publisher [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher [email protected] • @suefinley Editorial [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor My Conquestadory leads them home in the Summer Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Michael Burns Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Alan Carraso chats with Paul Tackett, breeder of GII Summer S. heroine and Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor J “TDN Rising Star” J My Conquestadory (Artie Schiller). Christie DeBernardis, Assistant Editor Advertising Coverage begins page 11 [email protected] Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Keeneland September Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant The Keeneland September Yearling Sale rolled on with hip 2446, an Afleet Alex Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant colt topping yesterday’s session at $280,000. Customer Service Coverage beings page 3 [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology TDN Q & A Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Kelsey Riley sits down with Henry Beeby, Chief Executive of Goffs, about the Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming upcoming Orby Sale. [email protected] Business Development Coverage begins page 13 Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] Op-Ed TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Former jockey Frankie Lovato, Jr. discusses the difficulties jockeys, who either Tom Frary chose to retire or were forced to walk away from the sport, face after their last leg up. Coverage begins page 15 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/18/13 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KEENELAND A yearling colt by Afleet Alex topped the SEPTEMBER proceedings. It was Keeneland=s Walt Robertson, sitting under the press box and on the phone with Yearling Sale representatives of Tara Bella Farm, who struck the Sept. 9-12 ! 12 p.m. 14-21st 10 a.m. winning blow for hip 2446, a smartly-bred youngster by ! the dual Classic winner, for $280,000. The colt, consigned by Bill Betz=s Betz Thoroughbreds, was one of two on the day to clear the $200,000 mark. ANOTHER STRONG DAY AT KEESEP Last year, one horse made $200,000 or more--a The eighth session of Keeneland September took a $260,000 Even the Score--Runaway Grey colt--while while to get going yesterday in Lexington, but by mid- 16 horses brought six figures. afternoon was in full gear Yesterday, 40 horses brought six figures. That, after and wound up closing with just four horses in the first 100 cataloged on the day another round of big gains realized six figures. from a year ago. The Book 3 The session-topping Afleet Alex colt is the third foal finale saw 303 horses sell from the MSP Blowing Kisses (Vindication), an 8-year- for $16,383,000, an old half-sister to MGISW Pussycat Doll (Real Quiet), average of $54,069. That=s GISW Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor) and SW Funny up 40.2% from last year=s Feeling (Distorted Humor). Second dam Hip 2446 session-eight average of Hookedonthefeelin (Citidancer) was also a GISW. $38,571. The median was Betz, in partnership, purchased Blowing Kisses for $45,000, up 50% from $30,000. Fifty-nine horses $140,000 at the 2011 Keeneland November Sale. It failed to sell, equating to a stellar RNA rate of 16.3%. was a particularly savvy pick-up, as the family--strong Last year the session-eight RNA rate was a near- though it was--was about to get even more active. identical 16.8%. Thirteen months after the sale, Jimmy Creed won his September has now sold 1,711 horses for first Grade I in the Malibu S., while another member of $253,257,000. The resulting $148,017 average is up the family who falls under the third dam, the brilliant 3- 32.5% from a year ago. The $95,000 median is up year-old filly Midnight Lucky (Midnight Lute), won this 35.7%. year=s GI Acorn S. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/18/13 • PAGE 4 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Another Strong Day at KEESEP cont. AIt=s a live family, and they=re all very good-looking,@ said Betz. AAnd they win races. It=s not only a nice family, but the mare was a very good racehorse, too.@ Blowing Kisses was twice placed in stakes at Aqueduct and was also stakes placed at Oaklawn. She foaled a Lookin At Lucky colt this spring. It was the second time at September that Betz and his partners hit big care of a Vindication mare. In 2010, he purchased the Grade I-placed Modification for $195,000 at KEENOV, and on Tuesday sold her second foal, a colt by Street Cry (Ire), for $725,000. Betz was wrapping up his Keeneland September with yesterday=s session-topping transaction. AI think the market is very for select horse,@ he said. AI think anyone who brings a special horse up here is rewarded.@ September resumes today at 10:00 a.m. For complete results, catalog and outs, visit www.keeneland.com.